Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, Knight, landed gentleman of Parham, Suffolk, De jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, Knight of the Bath at Richard III's coronation on 7 July 1483, served on Suffolk commissions, received livery of his lands on 15 July 1474.
Dates: Died between July 1538 and October 1540
Biography
Sir Christopher was the second son of Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby. His marriage to Elizabeth Tailboys connected the Parham line to the Tailboys of Kyme and Gascoigne ancestry. He was the father of Sir William Willoughby, created Baron Willoughby of Parham in 1547.
Notes / Sources
The Complete Peerage, Willoughby of Parham — https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Complete_Peerage_(Edition_1,_Volume_8).djvu/164
Powys-Lybbe Forbears, Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham — https://powys.org/pl_tree_new/ps24/ps24_011.html
Cracroft's Peerage, Willoughby of Parham — https://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/willoughbyp1547.htm
Family / Armorial Context
Family / cadet branch: Willoughby of Parham
Father: Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Mother: Margaret Jenney
Spouse(s): Elizabeth Tailboys
Children / next generation: William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham
Armorial Registry
Sir Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby — Parham father-line corrected and Tudor cadet succession
Branch: Parham, Suffolk; junior male line descending from Sir Robert Willoughby and Cecily Welles
Issued / recorded: 1453
Willoughby of Parham — Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, branch founder and father of the first baron
Branch: Parham, Suffolk; second son of Christopher Willoughby, de jure 10th Baron Willoughby de Eresby
Issued / recorded: 1500
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